St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-12

nation. We have come out. to-day to wei
come to this city for the first time in his life
President Cleveland, president of the United
States. lApplause. We welcome nm az
the same thing, and between us we have got
him into an awful fix. know the good ma,
ture of the people OF this city so well that |
know they will not only extend hearty wei
come to him but will also raise their hats to
his amiable wife, who accompanies him. L
have now the pleasure of introducing to you
the chief magistrate of the nation, President
Cleveland. lApplause.]
President Cleveland deliberately sur
veyed the crowd during the storm of
applause, then spoke as follows:
Fellow Citizens: l have come from the
wonder and the people of Minneapolis. l
have lately seen a little book entitled Min
neapolis and st. Paul Compared" which
deals The most tremendous blows upon the
pretences Of the latter named city and dis
credits the idea that it is any phase or fea-
ture the equal of this. Applause.] became
somewhat confused with the facts and figures
produced, and made up my mind that must
see both cities in order to determine the
question which has been discussed with so
much spirit, and now, after seeing BOTH
have made up my mind that if the people of
nes satisfied W9 tbe cities are
tive conditions of greatness and
growth, your amazed fellow countrymen are
IApplausel. While these two places have
been twisting figures about to determine
which was the greatest, the rest of us have
been pointing to you both as the best exem-
Publications. of what American pluck and
energy can accomplish. IApplause:] When
l see this handsome city and its beautiful
immense business blocks, and when it oc-
ours tc me that am in the greatest wheat
market of the world, that the largest flour
mill in existence is located here, that all of
over 5000 barrels of flour day. that these
with the markets of Europe, and
that millions of barrels of flour are an
foreign markets, 1 find myself wondering
how much farther l would have to go to
reach the West: [Applause-] l mean that
out West, which was pictured to my mag
ination when boy by the covered wagon,
filled with men, women, children and house
hold utensils as it slowly dragged its Way
through the village, destined for out West.
And II seemed to me that their occupants had
was not SO very long ago, and / may have
seen IN that covered wagon some of the
pioneers OF Minnesota; and perhaps some of
the early settlers of Minneapolis were there.
was 439, 000 and of these $500 were born
IN the state of New York, nearly one
tenth of the whole. So you see there
is nothing strange in saying that a New York
poS nave seen some OF lnoSe people on
their way here. And do not mention this
large proportion of New York people in your
population for the purpose of claiming you
owe anything of your prosperity to any vir-
tue which might have been fostered in the
state of their origin. am only thinking of
the idea had when / saw these people pass.
That those emigrating out west were leaving
old civilization behind them and how absurd
II would be for me if 1 should meet one of
these pioneers or his sons on your streets to-
day, and attempt to contrast him with the
civilization, the cultivation, and the refine
ment of his present home with the one
he or his father left years
ago. [Applause.l Besides this, the
fact that the Eastern states furnished so
largely to your early population gives all the
better right to be proud of your achieve
mentS. And 1t seems TO me that every Amer
lean citizen should be proud that his coun-
try can produce two such cities, with the
history, the growth and the success of Min
neapolis and St. Paul. Prolonged and en-
thusiastic applause.]
AS the president was withdrawing
Mayor Ames whispered to him. He
paused. and taking Mrs. Cleveland by
the hand, led her to the balcony rail
ing. Instantly a thousand hats went
into the air and cheer went up that
made the street ring again. Mrs. Cleve-
land smiled and bowed and the cheers
continued until she had disappeared.